Marshak Biography Poems

Marshak’s children's poems will subsequently reflect his stages, we can easily follow his joys and experiences, find out in the poetic heroes of people who met on his life path. It is noted that Marshak’s poems for children are saturated with fire, the whole point is that in early childhood the boy and his family survived a fire in his own house. The writer said that his very first bright memory from childhood is a fire that covered the curtains, mother, quickly and with excitement, dressing, incomprehensible sense of fear, some very deep fear.

In the verses of Marshak, we will meet fire more than once, because he himself was always careful about him and tried to convey this alertness and attentiveness to the children. Samuel Yakovlevich said that he began to write very early, at the age of 4 years. Marshak’s children's poems were light, he perfectly rhyme the lines, but did not think about the meaning of words at all, said that he composed poems in childhood very quickly, did not think much over them.

Marshak did not remember why he began to write, what exactly prompted him to this. One of the bright children's memories was a matinee when Samuel Marshak first told a poem. He walked between the ranks of the audience with a measured step, clearly and loudly reading poetry, but he was stopped and explained that they needed to stand quietly in place. Marshak recalled how much he was surprised and even upset.

Already in adulthood, reading his poems, Marshak recalled that case from childhood, every time upset and embarrassed at the same time. Marshak verses are interesting not only for children, but also to adults. You can trace the whole life of the writer on them. Relations with friends, impressions of the city’s streets are added to the thoughts of family and house in more adulthood, even literary fictions, philosophical thoughts about life are added then ...

Marshak wrote poems about everything that surrounded him, about bad habits, life, feelings, children's and adults. Marshak began to write poems and fairy tales of Marshak already in adulthood, when the realization that honesty, openness and light rhyme find a lively response in children. It is noteworthy that Samuel did not have his own books in childhood, according to him, he lacked funny, small works, had to read everything that was in the parental adult library, among neighbors and acquaintances.

Marshak verses for children are so realisticly convey life pictures that the effect of presence is simply amazing. The author was impressed by Pushkin’s fairy tales and tried to put the meaning, not rhyme, impressions, and not adult teachings to children in every word. Marshak verses can be read, starting from preschool age, and then you will not want to stop.